Rating: 4.5 / 5 As a nod to Mother's Day, the buddy read I help host decided to pick a couple of mother-ish books for May. After THE PERFECT MOTHER by Aimee Molloy for the first half of the month, we decided on PERFECT LITTLE CHILDREN by Sophie Hannah for the second half of the… Continue reading PERFECT LITTLE CHILDREN by Sophie Hannah
Month: June 2020
A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY by Brigid Kemmerer
Rating: 5 / 5 I have seen so many rave reviews for A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY by Brigid Kemmerer that I was excited to pick up a copy last year. When I saw that one of my reading challenge prompts was to read a book with disability representation, I immediately knew this was… Continue reading A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY by Brigid Kemmerer
NEVER GO FULL PAI by Jeffrey Eng
Rating: 4.5 / 5 I was lucky to win a giveaway on Instagram for a copy of this new release novel. Thank you to Michelle @nurse_bookie and the author Jeffrey Eng! NEVER GO FULL PAI begins with Charlie. In the wake of losing his father, Charlie has gained a new passion for photography and he… Continue reading NEVER GO FULL PAI by Jeffrey Eng
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Rating: 5 / 5 11/22/63 by Stephen King has been high on my list of books I wanted to get to for a long time, though the size was a bit intimidating. When there was not one, but two buddy reads scheduled for this book in May, it was time to give it a read.… Continue reading 11/22/63 by Stephen King
ZERO SUM GAME by S.L. Huang
Rating: 4 / 5 I had the pleasure of meeting author S.L. Huang at an author event last summer and I was intrigued by her description of her protagonist Cas Russell, a woman who uses math as her super power! I immediately added the first book in the series onto my TBR! ZERO SUM GAME… Continue reading ZERO SUM GAME by S.L. Huang
THE GIRL FROM WIDOW HILLS by Megan Miranda (Out 6/23/2020)
Publication Date: 6/23/2020 Rating: 4 / 5 I received an Advanced Reader Copy of THE GIRL FROM WIDOW HILLS by Megan Miranda for an honest review. Thank you to Simon & Schuster for the ARC! THE GIRL FROM WIDOW HILLS follows Olivia who once upon a time was a young girl named Arden. Arden was… Continue reading THE GIRL FROM WIDOW HILLS by Megan Miranda (Out 6/23/2020)
SAFE by S. K. Barnett (Out Today!)
I received a complimentary egalley of SAFE by S. K. Barnett for an honest review. Thank you to Dutton Books and Netgalley! Publication Date: 6/9/2020 Rating: 4 / 5 SAFE begins with a missing young girl. Twelve years ago, Jenny's mother sent her out to play with a friend a couple doors down, but Jenny… Continue reading SAFE by S. K. Barnett (Out Today!)
THE TOMBS OF ATUAN by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rating: 4 / 5 I wasn't the biggest fan of the first book by Ursula K. Le Guin in the Earthsea series, A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA, but after watching the live show for the #LeGuinAlong and hearing others say that the series gets better as it goes, I decided to stick with the readalong. The second… Continue reading THE TOMBS OF ATUAN by Ursula K. Le Guin
Monday Reading Check In
Monday... yet again... can you feel my excitement? What a coffee mandatory day it has been already (probably a mandatory multiple cups kinda day actually)! But to focus on something positive... I bring you my current read. I loved THE POET X and WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH, so when I saw that Elizabeth Acevedo… Continue reading Monday Reading Check In
THESE GHOSTS ARE FAMILY by Maisy Card
Rating: 3.5 / 5 THESE GHOSTS ARE FAMILY by Maisy Card has been on my TBR now a couple times, so I was glad to finally get to it this month. When I saw that June was Read Caribbean month and that the #ReadTheWorld21 challenge prompt for the month was also Caribbean, I pushed back… Continue reading THESE GHOSTS ARE FAMILY by Maisy Card